As the Spring Festival approaches, nylon filament yarn plants have seen their downstream fabric mills largely shut down and gone on holiday, resulting in a noticeable decrease in effective negotiation ...

Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei and Italian manufacturer Aquafil are developing a novel materialfor 3D printing.

Different filaments will absorb water at different rates, depending upon their chemical composition and the environment, nylon being apparently particularly fond of a good soaking. It would seem ...

Other materials, like PETG, ABS, ASA, PC and Nylon are made from petroleum based sources. The first step to turn pellets into filament is drying, as the plastic readily absorbs moisture in its raw ...

A filament of nylon may have a million or more molecules, each taking some of the strain when the filament is stretched. It was exactly what Du Pont had hoped for, and nylon was patented in 1935.

Dimension-Polyant will introduce its new X-Pac Tactical Manta fabrics to brands in the tactical and shooting sports industry ...